How to Make Your Home Search Easier by Pairing Home Finder Pro up with Your Realtor
It’s clear that for homebuyers, the search for a home usually starts online. Searching online has it’s major benefits including being able to search virtually whenever and wherever you want. However, searching online has its own obstacles such as inaccurate home listing information and has caused a lot of confusion between buyers and real estate agents when they're both searching for homes for sale and seeing completely different information. Sites like Trulia and Zillow are not as up-to-date as local real estate listing sites and oftem cause confusion around what’s actually on the market and what the details of available properties are. With Home Finder Pro, you have access to the most reliable Greater Lansing real estate listing information which can be easily shared with your Realtor to make your homes search easier and help you find your dream home faster.
Ways to Connect Home Finder Pro With Your Realtor
With easily accessible information on every home for sale in the area readily available online with Home Finder Pro, you now have more control than ever over the home search and buying process. Why not use that information to your advantage while working with your real estate agent to help you search and find homes that fit you perfectly and get you into your next home? Here are some ways that you can utilize Home Finder Pro to simplify your home search:
Select Your Real Estate Agent
When you set up your Home Finder Pro account, it’s important to first specify who your agent is or your “preferred agent”. When you set your preferred agent, anytime you fill out a contact form for a specific listing, that information gets sent directly to your agent. You can do this by selecting your agent as your “preferred agent” at sign up or you can go into your Home Finder Pro account settings and choose your agent there.
Share Preferred Listings for Sale
When you come across a property that you like and want to know more about or would like to set up a time to view the property, you can fill out the listing’s contact form. If you have already specified who your Realtor is within your Home Finder Pro account, this information will get sent directly to them, allowing you to easily communicate your desires with your agent.
Share Sold Listings
Every home that has been sold over the last year is also readily available on Home Finder Pro. If you come across a home that has already been sold but there is something about it that you want to share with your Realtor (i.e. it’s location, building style, etc.) then you can also fill out the sold listing’s contact form to share that with your Realtor directly.
Email Listings Directly to Your Agent
Along with the listing contact forms, you can email each listing directly to your real estate agent by selecting the 
button and entering your agent’s email address in.
Print Listings for Viewings
Do you have an upcoming appointment to view homes with your Realtor? You can print out any listings, for sale or sold, that you want and bring it with you when you meet with your agent. This allows you to have all the available, detailed information about that property handy while you’re viewing it to help you get a better idea of the entire property, and it gives you time to prepare any questions you may have about the property.
Easily print a listing to take on viewings
Searching online for homes for sale doesn't have to be an isolated activity but a way to enhance the home searching experience and work more closely with your real estate agent. Sharing listings that that you're interested in with your agent further opens up the lines of communication and helps them to understand your needs and desires in a home.
Give it a try! Sign up or sign in today, and start sending listings over to your Tomie Raines, Inc. real estate agent.